Ep. 232 – Applying Our Effort Skillfully, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 29

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Buddhism, Insightmeditation, Meditation, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Considering how right effort drives our achievements and potential for happiness, Joseph Goldstein teaches us more about the dhamma.

The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the twenty-ninth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

In this episode, Joseph lectures listeners on:

Energy as the root of all achievement
How energy can be associated with both unwholesome and wholesome states
Putting our energy to wise use
Taking the opportunity to challenge ourselves and extend our limits
Getting caught in efforting and in the result of an action
Investigating our own minds
Reflection on death and using our time wisely
The possibilities of every happiness

Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Right effort is not an ambitious striving. Skillful effort is the effort to be present for what is already here.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	I think we don't often take the opportunity
0:07.0	to challenge ourselves, to extend our limits,
0:13.0	to see what is really possible for us,
0:17.0	particularly in times of difficulty.
0:24.6	Do we challenge ourselves to play at the edge? Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:48.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:53.9	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:59.2	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
1:02.8	please go to beherenownetwork.com slash Joseph.
1:18.0	Over the last few weeks, we've been discussing the fourth foundation of mindfulness,
1:32.3	and in particular, the seven factors of awakening. We began the discussion with mindfulness as being the first of these factors of enlightenment and the one which primes the pump it's mindfulness which leads to all the rest
1:41.3	so this is from the text.
1:47.6	Abiding thus mindful,
1:51.1	and here the Buddha means
1:52.3	abiding thus mindful of the body,
1:54.4	of feelings, of the mind,
1:56.4	and of damaes,
1:57.3	of all the categories of experience.
2:01.2	Abiding thus mindful, one investigates and examines that state with wisdom
2:07.1	and embarks upon a full inquiry into it.
2:14.8	So it's this inquiry of what is called investigation of Dames.
2:20.3	It's the truth-dissearning wisdom factor, which is the second fact of enlightenment.
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